Question

Covalent Bonding

Answer the questions below.
1 Chlorine atoms have 17 electrons. Their electronic structure is 2,8,7 as shown in
Figure 1.
Figure 1
aHow could you change the electronic structure of chlorine to make it more
stable?
bWhy can't two chlorine atoms form an ionic bond together?​

Answer 1

A)by making it attain the octet state

B)Because both chlorine atoms haven't attained octet state